Wes Plate

@wplate
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Work: former professional video editor now makes tools for editors
Fun: ultra runner with a YouTube channel

Ultra runners, I’m the creator and race director of the Copper Kings 100.

The 2026 dates are June 26-27, in Butte Montana.

Registration opened this week and there are just 19 spots left.

http://copperkings100.com

#ultrarunning #ultramarathon #trailrunning

I occasionally get these spam calendar invites, I wish there was a Delete and Report Spam option like in Messages.
I feel like Final Cut Pro could be trying harder. I don't know how Activity Monitor works, but it makes it looks like my system isn't taxed by this export, and it says FCP is using around 103% of CPU. I know the GPU is involved, I guess that's why Acitivity Monitor makes it look underutilitzed. The timeline is 20 minutes, but this export is taking forever.
Didn’t iPad used to show a keypad for unlocking, with letters corresponding to the numbers? I remember my passcode alphanumerically, but I can’t type the letters here in iOS 26, so I have to figure out what numbers the letters go with, but the keypad that used to show me that is gone.
When I reboot my M3 MacBook Pro, it often stalls, then reboots and starts again. It can take several cycles before the reboot proceeds. It is so stressful. Will it boot?
Screen sharing between my Apple Silicon machines is so fast. This is a great feature.

The #ultrarunning side of me wants you to know about my Arizona Monster 300 video premiering tonight on YouTube, but the #videoediting side of me wants to share timeline screenshots. #fcpx

No big trickiness: I doubled-up audio clips a few times to help with bad audio, and I mostly avoided actually using Multicam clips. I used Audjust to remix many of the tracks to the timing I needed, but I also did some quick easy music edits of my own.

Inaugural Arizona Monster 300
https://youtu.be/Zkr7p44_mHo

I recently started getting these notifications about my AirPods Pro following me. I am the device owner and it appears in my Find My.app Devices list. I often travel with these AirPods but this misassociation is new. What should I do?

Hello #ultrarunning world, our fundraiser on Indiegogo has about two weeks left, can you help us reach our goal to create a new 100 mile endurance run in Butte, Montana?

https://igg.me/at/CopperKings100/x/38417013#/

Copper Kings 100 Prospectors

Help us launch a new permitted 100 mile endurance run in Butte, Montana | Check out 'Copper Kings 100 Prospectors' on Indiegogo.

Indiegogo

Hey there #GIS types,

I am creating a foot race, and I need to map out how we're going to lay out tents, trailers, toilets, things like that. Like the attached screenshot I found.

I thought it good to do this in Google Earth Pro, with polygons created at scale. ChatGPT made the coordinates for me based on the location I want the tents, etc., but I can't move the shapes around.

Is there an easy-to-use tool like Google Earth Pro that would let me move rectangles around?